Potentially screwing the Olympics over? Seriously?! Oh, god no! What will we as a species do without our ritual corporate marketing gangbang? We might have to find another excuse to sit around and watch TV!
Okay, i've got the solution! Let's do nothing. Heaven forbid a few million human rights violations and state sponsored massacre get in the way of watching the beach volleyball tournament!
okay, so, ESRB ratings and common sense aren't working, because millions of kids are playing M-rated games!
Have we considered that maybe good parenting has something to do with this, too? Perhaps it's not solely apathetic parents that land violent video games in the hands of their children. Every situation is unique. A parent might look at his kid and look at the stuff he's playing, maybe consider his age and maturity level, and, even though it's Teen or Mature rated, say "yeah, my kid's mature enough to handle this."
does this not ever happen? Kids are impressionable, but not all of them are dumb as posts, and not every parent who lets their kids play games like that are necessarily bad parents.
Anyway, all these warning labels just get tacky after a while.
word around here is, the province of BC is actually already implementing RFID chips in their driver's licenses sometime within the next five to ten years.
who would have thought, big brother is everyone.
if there's anything wrong with wikipedia, it is YOUR FAULT. yes, you. if you see vandalism you don't like, delete it. inaccurate information? fix it! how absurd! participatory means PARTICIPATE. it's not costing you anything but time, and i would wager it's time well-spent.
at the moment i forget where i read this or what the notion is called... wikipedia is based off of the idea of an encyclopedia, but by now it has become so much more - by virtue of it's participatory nature, wikipedia has superseded and almost trivialized the print encyclopedia - the medium it intends to emulate. the only thing keeping wikipedia from being an 'online print encyclopedia' is strict editorializing of its content. it is regressive to place wikipedia alongside britannica, or any other form of print encyclopedia, as it is by nature a different thing altogether. at it's fullest potential, it is an up-to-date resource for everything - the compendium of human knowledge, no matter how trivial. it's not up to a small group of people to judge what information is trivial and what is not. that's an awful explanation. it's early.
"GCG: What games have you played recently?
SS: You mean besides introducing my kids to Deep Purple, Molly Hatchet, and The Ramones on Rockband? Mostly I've been playing beta versions of upcoming EA titles. Not only do I want to ensure that each soundtrack and song choice works within the context of the gameplay itself, but I genuinely believe that EA creates and distributes the very best games in the industry."
i'm sorry, what? how much are you being paid to say that?
cannibalization of art for profit! testify! more more more!
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Potentially screwing the Olympics over? Seriously?! Oh, god no! What will we as a species do without our ritual corporate marketing gangbang? We might have to find another excuse to sit around and watch TV!
Okay, i've got the solution! Let's do nothing. Heaven forbid a few million human rights violations and state sponsored massacre get in the way of watching the beach volleyball tournament!
okay, so, ESRB ratings and common sense aren't working, because millions of kids are playing M-rated games! Have we considered that maybe good parenting has something to do with this, too? Perhaps it's not solely apathetic parents that land violent video games in the hands of their children. Every situation is unique. A parent might look at his kid and look at the stuff he's playing, maybe consider his age and maturity level, and, even though it's Teen or Mature rated, say "yeah, my kid's mature enough to handle this." does this not ever happen? Kids are impressionable, but not all of them are dumb as posts, and not every parent who lets their kids play games like that are necessarily bad parents. Anyway, all these warning labels just get tacky after a while.
word around here is, the province of BC is actually already implementing RFID chips in their driver's licenses sometime within the next five to ten years. who would have thought, big brother is everyone.
if there's anything wrong with wikipedia, it is YOUR FAULT. yes, you. if you see vandalism you don't like, delete it. inaccurate information? fix it! how absurd! participatory means PARTICIPATE. it's not costing you anything but time, and i would wager it's time well-spent.
at the moment i forget where i read this or what the notion is called...
wikipedia is based off of the idea of an encyclopedia, but by now it has become so much more - by virtue of it's participatory nature, wikipedia has superseded and almost trivialized the print encyclopedia - the medium it intends to emulate. the only thing keeping wikipedia from being an 'online print encyclopedia' is strict editorializing of its content. it is regressive to place wikipedia alongside britannica, or any other form of print encyclopedia, as it is by nature a different thing altogether. at it's fullest potential, it is an up-to-date resource for everything - the compendium of human knowledge, no matter how trivial. it's not up to a small group of people to judge what information is trivial and what is not. that's an awful explanation. it's early.
"GCG: What games have you played recently? SS: You mean besides introducing my kids to Deep Purple, Molly Hatchet, and The Ramones on Rockband? Mostly I've been playing beta versions of upcoming EA titles. Not only do I want to ensure that each soundtrack and song choice works within the context of the gameplay itself, but I genuinely believe that EA creates and distributes the very best games in the industry." i'm sorry, what? how much are you being paid to say that? cannibalization of art for profit! testify! more more more!